Band 7 CAMHS Senior Mental Health Practitioner - South Glos


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol, BS15 4DA
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Aug 2026
Closing date:	26 Aug 2026

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Summary

Clinical Responsibilities To assess, develop, implement and evaluate therapeutic interventions and to be responsible of the management of own caseload from referral to discharge To carry out specialist urgent assessments of a young persons mental health needs and associated risk when required including deliberate self-harm assessments. To work with children, young people and their families promoting opportunities for their maximum engagement and involvement in formulations or care plans and evaluation of the service they receive. To work jointly with staff from other agencies in direct work with children and young people and their families When appropriate, engage in joint work with other specialist CAMHS personnel as agreed with CAMH services manager To develop effective liaisons with referrers, and those contributing to referrals, to specialist CAMHS and to guide referrers to appropriate resources for children and young people with mental health needs To attend CAMHS meetings and case discussions as appropriate To work closely as part of the multi-disciplinary CAMHS team. To practice within current legislation governing the delivery of services to children and young people, such as that for Looked After Children and the Safeguarding of children as defined in the Children Act (1989, amended 2004) and local guidelines. To assess child safeguarding issues for each case. To practice within local safeguarding guidelines, sharing and directly referring on concerns when appropriate and participating in multi-agency safeguarding conferences. To participate in regular reviews of cases and attend case discussions, conferences and reviews as appropriate. To comply with the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements of their professional body. To comply with any necessary data collection and information sharing across agencies in line with Trust guidelines on confidentiality. To provide reports and maintain written records of assessments, clinical interventions and consultation meetings. To be prepared to travel to other sites and clinics, to schools and to the childs home. To be computer literate. For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.

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